Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2020, Sweden's employment decreased by 2.1% compared to 2019, reaching 373k.

Sweden accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 15,052k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 42.1% (from 263k in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.